This is a freak incident that happened
recently.
A young man and his 4 yr old son went to a
petrol bunk near Lal bagh (Bangalore) to fill
in petrol for his bike. The boy was sitting
on the pillion behind him.
The helper who fills petrol held the petrol
gun upwards, and turned towards the
meter to re-set the meter. As soon as the
setting was done the petrol came out
gushing out of the gun - due to some
malfunction - (at least that's what they
said) in full speed and splashed all over the
4 yr old boy and his father.
Petrol entered the eyes of the boy.
Immediately the boy was taken into the
cleaning area and was showered in a water
jet. They washed his eyes with lot of
water. But the boy could not see anything.
The young man took the child to the
hospital and immediately the hospital
authorities put him in ICU. The kid was
then transferred to Vittala Netralaya and
after 2 days of treatment he got some
vision again. Now he is all right and is at
home.
The doctors told that just because the
water cleaning was done immediately, he
has vision today otherwise the boy would
have been blind by now. Petrol (along with
impurities) can burn the tissues inside the
eye.
Now why am I posting this? Please take
some precautions next time you are at a
petrol bunk.
1. If the engine was in running condition,
this could have caused a major Fire. So
Switch off the engine in bunks.
2. Drop small kids and the person sitting
behind you outside the bunk and fill in
petrol. Kids are more sensitive than grown
ups.
3. Ask the petrol bunk helper boy to hold
the gun down. Even if there is such an
accident let the petrol flow down and not
on your face.
share all to aware..
